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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-08-20, Page 21 Page The Times -Advocate, August 19 9 health conference of aittlost 50 went into effect in 1959, °"For ordinary mtmict al ur. tl111,.uutututulul!1lultuuu11n1lul�luuUultlyUllbull�tuuu1u1t1ti1u�t4tltluuuulUluluAulu,lttt!iluututu� �,, � I i a p p percent was one feature of the pining 1958. only three cat•cas- , Poses, the lagoon systera is be"' report on family and school Sea wen condemned, along with ing more widely used and an - health services. i 228 portions, parenly at a saving over some epidemic io loci were made bx members .of Rabies e lC. � /' staff. Other statistics include. Over 5,000 home nursing visits '; other methods, The type of treat- Srnitation c nient adopted, however, is not "The sanitaray inspectors re -`so vital as the danger of eternal potted a :total, of 3,282 visits in ; -delay in the face of increasing their supe11isi on of watersup contamination.ination. It is hoped that plies. eating establishments, dis more and more urban nu ici a - posal of sewage, plumbing in ities will :find it possible to be - prenatal visits, 11;3: prenatal 00• ate i , td lir lassos, c R e at pre- natal classes. 599: tact+ baby',. brunt and pre-school child visits, highlights of health report ` ` Outbreak of rabies, a polio- 'strain of rabies virus, measures chest clinics during the yee,r was ,tree year and the loss o£ two for feline control should, per- 809, 248 of them new persons. prominent members • a the board haps, be considered. Over 800 tuberculin tests were off directors are highlights of the "For the fox. surely the fire given in secondary schools. Annual report of the Ruron Cowl of rabies will he more deadly 1 "Extension of the routine x- ty Health Unit, released this `,than that of the sportsmen. If: ray check to pre-employment and week. not, southern Ontario will have 1 other situations is worthy of The report reveals 36 eases to accept the presence of this ;study," said the unit. " of rabies were confirmed in infection and learn to keep to a "Tuberculin testing inay be 1Ittron. most of them in. foxes. minimum the chances of human; likened to a device for navigation Although five cows and one exposure." r when icebergs such as TB drift silently -around our course. Since fierce died, " the onset of the Bright polio picture i winter actually saved many do- 1949. the Health Unit has an- inestie animals by bringing a- The report enthused over the nually carried out tuberculin bout their removal. from pastures .record of a polio -free year, des- testing in secondary' schools to the more protected environ- pate the proximity of an out -.and on occasion in other groups. stent of the barns." break of 600 cases in Detroit. It It is of special interest. in watch The report suggests that, since was noted. however, that there the increasing importance that the cat is reported to be more had been only "limited demand" ! is being assigned by health violent than the dog when in- for the free vaccine available authorities to these skin test- fected with the present strain of for adults. • ing programs." rabies, virus, measures for fe- The unit administered 46,124 t line control should be considered, Salk shots to pre-school, and ,Interest in child health along with the action taken in school children. Increase in attendance at child regard to dogs. Los* two members "There are several incidents Two members lost to the hoard 1n which humans were exposed were A- H. Erskine, secretary - either directly or indirectly to treasurer of the unit since 1951, rabies infection. Chief source of due to death. and W. A. Gal - danger was the contact by the t braith. government member since farmer <.ttempti.ng to treat a the board's inception, through bovine "off its feed" that was illness. The report described actually in the early stages of , both as "valued and faithful rabies. Of course, the veterin- contributors to the administra- Arians similiarly risked exposure tion of the unit." and became among the first cus- tomers for human rabies vaccine, TB rat• low here. Four new cases of tuberculosis ' "These practitioners did re- were reported during the year, eeive some retribution by lend- with two deaths, Three persons Ing their enthusiasm to an ani- were admitted to sanatorium and mal vaccination program. In one discharged. December, the Canada Depart- "In 1958, the death rate in On - anent of Agriculture conducted tario for TB reached another tree clinics for domestic , dogs new low, 3.1 per 100,000 popula- and cats throughout the county, tion. Modern treatment has. made dramatic strides in re- ducing TB deaths and in shorten- ing stay in sanatorium. "It is recognized, however, that the animal vaccination pro- itramme has its (imitations, In the protection of the general pub - tic the foremost measure still appears to be control of the domestic dog—by. enforcing mun- icipal tie-up bylaws and round- up of strays. "Since the cat is reported to be more violent than the dog when infected with the present "The admission rate to On- tario sanatoria remains fairly constant, however, indicating that the disease is far from con- trolled. Case -finding continues in he a challenge to all agencies inter- estedin tuberculosis, the report. states. Attendance at regular .fit► 4 SAVE$ $ SAVE $ $ SAVE $ THE SURPLUS STORE NEXT TO RAVELLE'S GIFT STORE, GRAND BEND. Watch this space for outstanding buys in quality mer- chandise—It is our aim to become known as the district store "WHERE THE BEST CAN RE SOUGHT FOR LESS". 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URICH 11 22.995: child health conferences, z stallations and food shops, and 1 gin removing pollution threats 50: orthopaedic visits, 75; school in in •estigat ion'of complaints. both within and without their children visits. 331; health in- "An increased interest has boundaries." spections, 3,210; vision tests, ' been shown lately by the larger 2,917. : urban municipalities in the ad - A two percent improvement ) vantage of satisfactory sewage in the quality of raw milk sup- i treatment. ,lust a .decade ago, ply" highlighted this control pro- gram. -.The figure of 94 percent stalled a complete sewerage satisfactory samples as defer, system, Today this town has mined by resazurin testing, only a scant proportion of the marks an improvement of two ; sanitary problems that the, in- percent over 1957. This is at- spectors regularly encounter in tributable, in part, to a more ' some of the other municipalities, comprehensive raw milk control' "The work of -the Ontario policy first adopted in October, Water Resources Commission is 1957." , ,providing additional evidence of Meat control 1 pollution in our watercourses. industries riti longer wish to face The past year has been one of :possible litigation because they reform in slaughter -house super -I lack total treatment .facilities: in vision, the report says. Basis for i certain instances, a co-operative the change was provided by new iagreement for the handling of Ontario legislation. The new sys. ! special wastes is entered by in - tem of inspection and reporting l dustry and municipality. _ �.,fut mi' C LE., ,.r••••I,-at ,t.NMY 1 m1.S�F°Y� 0O "It was just a summer ro- mance --- his vacation pay didn't last long." 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